Англиискии для вас Новый курс XXI века

Exercise 7. Respond to these sentences according to the models.
a) Have you been staying here long? (for a month)
I’ve (I have) been staying here for a month.

1. 
   Have you been learning English long? (fora year and a half) 2. Has it been raining long? (since early morning) 3. Has it been snowing long? (since yester­day) 4. Has he been collecting stamps long? (for five years) 5. Have they been playing football long? (for an hour and a hall") 6. Have you been watching TV long? (since 2 o'clock) 7. Have you been reading this book long? (for a week) b) She is teaching at Moscow University.
   

How long has she been teaching at the university?

2. 
   Peter is waiting for them. 2. They are playing football now. 3. He is watch­ing a rugby match on TV. 4. She’s reading an article. 5. They are working hard. 6. It is raining hard. 7. She is doing her home work. 8. I am looking for the book I need.
   

Exercise 8. Put the verbs in brackets in Present Perfect Continuous or Present
Perfect.
1. He (to be) very busy lately. 2. 1 (to wait) for you since one o'clock in the afternoon. 3. How long you (to know) Jane? 4. I (not to meet) the Marchands since last year. 5. It (to snow) since early morning. 6. We (to work) hard for two hours. 7. “How long your mother (to teach) at college?” “For fifteen years.” 8. The north wind (to blow) since early morning. 9. We (to work) since 10 o’clock in the morning but we (to complete) the work yet. 10. What you (to do) all day? I (to do) many things but I (not to finish) my work yet. 11. My sis­ter (to look for) her book since morning. But she (not to find) it yet. 12. Your friend (to return) from St. Petersburg? Yes. he (to be) at home for three days.
Exercise 9. Translate into English.
I. Кого вы ждете? — Петра. Я жду его уже около часа. Интересно, что случилось с ним. 2. Весь день идет снег. Так много снега давно не выпа­дало. (Мы не имели ...) 3. Сколько времени вы живете здесь? — Около пя­ти лет. 4. Что вы сегодня делали с утра? — Я переводил очень интересную статью. 5. Сколько времени они обсуждают этот вопрос? — Более получа­са. 6. Северный ветер дует уже целую неделю. 7. Это писатель. Он пишет книги с тех пор, как закончил университет. 8. Погода сегодня замечатель­ная. Солнце светит уже с раннего утра. 9. Мой сын делает уроки уже 2 ча­са. Я думаю, он устал. 10. Она все еше разговаривает по телефону. Она разговаривает уже 40 минут.